Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: BoberFett
What makes an open wireless access point any different than a web server? They're both computers (remember, processor, memory, long term storage) and both on networks. If I put my web server on the internet and call it private, does that make it private?
(Here comes his stupid response including layer 2 vs layer 6 (http))
Because the websever is operated/addressed on a PUBLIC network. By placing the host on a PUBLIC network there are agreements in place to allow such access. That gives permission to access resouces.
Have you ever dealt with the legal mumbo-jumbo for getting your own address range on the PUBLIC Internet?
Stop making that analogy. I swear, I'm done with trying to teach people how the Internet works. Much less WiFi.
You WILL see more and more cases like this. It's a big concern and will be addressed with the next WiFI standard.